wallet
pronunciation
How to pronounce wallet in British English:
UK [ˈwɒlɪt]
How to pronounce wallet in American English:
US [ˈwɑːlɪt]
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- Noun:
- a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
Word Origin
- wallet
- wallet: [19] Etymologically, a wallet may be something ‘rolled’ up. The word originally denoted a ‘traveller’s pack’; its application to a ‘small flat case for money and papers’ arose in 19th-century American English. It was probably borrowed from an Anglo-Norman *walet, which could have been formed from the prehistoric Germanic base *wal- ‘roll’ (source also of English wallow).
- wallet (n.)
- late 14c., "bag, knapsack," of uncertain origin, probably from an unrecorded Old North French *walet "roll, knapsack," or similar Germanic word in Anglo-French or Old French, from Proto-Germanic *wall- "roll," from PIE *wel- (3) (see volvox). Meaning "flat case for carrying paper money" is first recorded 1834, American English.
Example
- 1. Crude 's rise is hitting motorists in the wallet .
- 2. Repeatedly scrambling for your wallet / purse reduces your mystique .
- 3. Also , don 't sit on your wallet , as that can irritate the sciatic nerve .
- 4. It would just clutter up my apartment & punch me in the wallet to boot .
- 5. And carry your wallet on an inner pocket .